8 December 1999

Have written in here 2 days running for a change! :) But then I am sort of stuck at home most of today, for a couple of reasons. The main one is the big combined monthly meeting and P.I.G. for the Phoenix Science Fiction Club. (P.I.G. stands for Port Ingestion Group, by the way. As it started off as a party where everyone brings a different type of port or chocolate for people to try. And has turned into a proper part arranged every month). The proper meeting part has Philip Mann (the sf writer), coming in to read parts from his latest book. :)

I've also been spending most of today sorting out my stuff, and working out what is rubbish. Earlier on I handed in my 2 weeks notice to the woman in charge of the hostel, (I'm in a flat in a student hostel right now). So, I've got to get rid of as much stuff as pratical! Things like 3 year old newspapers, and food that's getting a bit too old to eat. (You know the stuff that's hiding at the back of my shelves, which I bought before I moved in here and kinda forgot about after putting them away here :).

I've also been thinking about the trip to the US in 2002, which is explains the Mardi Gari picture I'm using today. The saving thing is my main problem, as ever! I'm *terrible* at saving, so have to keep finding reasons to keep my interest and therefore savings up!

I've also been trying to work out what I'm going to wear to a friend's, (Magentia), birthday party this Saturday night. She's having a big fancy dress / pot luck party, and have no idea what I want to wear yet! I'm going with 2 other friend's, mainly so we can band together to pay for the food & present. Kevin is bringing the food for the 3 of us, as he can get cheap from his work, leaving Kath & I the job of getting Magentia's present last friday.....

We ended up wandering around the sex shops in the city, looking at the sex toys. We ended up getting her a vibrator, but to make things worse Kath decided to buy one at the same time! Can you imagine, the thoughts going hrough the clerks head when 2 women buy identical vibrators, but in different colours, saying "they're for a friend"! :) But, it is going to be really interesting to see people's faces on Saturday, when we give it to her.

Just one last note, I've suddenly become intertested in my web page. (It's that old, I won't be able to use it soon, so....) So hopefully, I'll get around to updating everything before the 2 weeks are up. I've also *finally* gotten the application forms for the other Internet company today, so I might just change companies and keep a account open anyway :)